The Teenage Brain: guide or inspire? Jelle Jolles, a neuropsychologist with the Centre for Brain and Learning and author of ‘The Adolescent Brain. He speaks about the teenager as “work in progress” and shows how the development of the brain and cognitive abilities are dependent on the active support of teachers and parents.

How a Little Man Can Change the World “I thought all Moroccans grew up to be criminals,” little Mohammed said when he was ten. Little of stature and big of mind, this boy challenged himself to find out whether there is a future for Moroccans in the Netherlands. He started a search for successful Dutch…
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Next Society, Next Economy, Next Education Jan Rotmans is professor in transition studies, but also goes by the title of ‘scientivist’. At TEDxAmsterdamED he elaborates on why hierarchy in our society and educational system prevents us from moving forward. A transitional shift is important to our DNA. We are the system and we’re changing it.…
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Teach like a toddler: how to bring education in the 21st century Marcia Goddard is a neuroscientist with a growth mindset and great thoughts about child development. Every child has multiple talents as long as you create conditions for growth. We should design education to enable this. How do we do that? Focus on the…
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– The 10 commandments of 21st century learning Sjef Drummen is an educational artist and thought leader of the national and international eye-catching ‘not-a-school school’ Agora. He proves that giving confidence, freedom and structure stimulates eagerness to learn. During his talk at TEDxAmsterdamED he touches upon 10 commandments of 21st century learning.